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Protesters take to the streets on East Bank on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Students and faculty rallied to demand raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

15 Now rally calls for higher wages, unity on campus

by Olivia Johnson
Published December 1, 2016
A protest led by 15 Now drew a crowd of 200 on and near campus.

Professors: Course evaluations necessary, but flawed

by Raju Chaduvula
Published November 30, 2016
Across departments at the University of Minnesota, professors say course evaluations aren’t as useful as they could be and they don’t impact their classrooms.
University president Eric Kaler answers questions for the Minnesota Daily in his office on Monday morning.

President Kaler discusses campus free speech, demolition of historic grain elevators

by Kevin Beckman
Published November 29, 2016
The Minnesota Daily sat down with the University of Minnesota's president for its last 'Kickin' It With Kaler'.

U pledges to move forward with postdoc salary increase

by David Clarey
Published November 29, 2016
The decision comes after a U.S. District Court judge put down an injunction on the changes eight days before they were meant to go into effect.
Attendees enter the Whole Music Club for the Stand With Standing Rock benefit event on Nov. 28, 2016. The event was hosted to raise money and awareness for the Dakota Access Pipeline occupation happening in North Dakota.

Student groups host concert in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline

by Rilyn Eischens
Published November 29, 2016
The American Indian Student Cultural Center organized the event which had five local artists perform.
University of Minnesota's freshman class features upswell in diversity

University of Minnesota’s freshman class features upswell in diversity

by Ethan Nelson
Published November 29, 2016
With 5,880 students, the University's freshman class is the biggest since 1970
One of Keith Ellison's columns, "Minister Farrakhan never claimed to be a 'Malcolm X,'" published on Nov. 27, 1989.

Keith Ellison’s old Minnesota Daily columns surface amid bid for DNC chair

by MN Daily Staff
Published November 29, 2016
Ellison wrote four columns with the pen name "Keith E. Hakim" during his final years of law school at the University of Minnesota.

She’s the First sponsors education for girls around the world

by Layna Darling
Published November 28, 2016
The student group uses bake sales, fundraising and word of mouth to finance girls’ education in developing nations.
A biker stops behind a car as it passes through the bike lane at the intersection of 15th & University Avenue Southeast on Jan. 27, 2016.

U grad student designs bike sensors to stop collisions

by Melissa Steinken
Published November 28, 2016
While testing on the system continues, some bikers worry about the sensors' flaws

U study identifies key culprits in cropland greenhouse emissions

by Ryan Faircloth
Published November 28, 2016
A University of Minnesota study released last week has pinpointed two large contributors of global cropland greenhouse gas emissions.

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